Spark Capital

Spectrum Equity is a Boston-based growth equity private equity firm focused on internet, SaaS, and information services companies, investing at Series B and growth stages with initial checks from $15 million to $75 million since 1994. Ancestry.com, the genealogy research platform, was backed by Spectrum. Grubhub was a portfolio company before its acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway. SurveyMonkey (now Momentive), the online survey platform, received Spectrum investment. Verafin, the financial crime management platform, was acquired by Nasdaq for $2.75 billion in 2021. Beyond its original investments, the portfolio includes additional internet and information services companies.